Thursday, November 10, 2011

Amazon finds startup investments in the 'cloud'

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FEATURE-Amazon finds startup investments in the 'cloud'
Reuters
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Amazon.com's investment opportunities are under a cloud -- and that's a good thing. Five years after launching its so-called cloud computing service, the biggest Internet retailer is reaping the ...
Oracle Solaris Goes to 11
PCWorld
By Joab Jackson, IDG News Oracle has updated its Unix-based operating system Solaris, adding some features that would make the OS more suitable for running cloud deployments, as well as integrating it more tightly with other Oracle products, ...
Symplified and CipherCloud Combine Cloud IAM and Cloud Data Encryption
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Symplified(R), the Cloud security company, and CipherCloud, the cloud encryption gateway company, today announced a partnership to address the public cloud's two leading security challenges: application ...
Accenture Launches Private-cloud Service for SAP Customers
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News SAP customers seeking to move from traditional deployments to a private cloud architecture have a new option from Accenture, the companies announced Wednesday during the Sapphire conference in Madrid. ...
Cloud Computing - New Buzzword, Old Legal Issues
TechNewsWorld
By Peter S. Vogel Each business has its unique requirements for using cloud services. Signing the standard cloud provider agreements may be convenient, but risky. Any company using the cloudneeds to properly protect its IT and data with a cloud ...
Unisys Strengthens Enterprise-Class Cloud Offerings with New Version of Secure ...
MarketWatch (press release)
9, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Unisys Corporation /quotes/zigman/572054/quotes/nls/uis UIS -6.99% today announced Version 2 of its Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution, the company's flagship cloud solution for clients' and cloud service providers' ...
Cloud Security Reaches Enterprise Scale for the First Time with PerspecSys PRS
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PerspecSys Inc., the creator of enterprise data security and management for cloud computing, today introduced PerspecSys PRS Solution(TM) 1.5 at the 9th International Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, ...
Abiquo Extends Enterprise Datacenter Capabilities Through Innovative Cloud ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Abiquo, the leading Enterprise Cloud software company, today announced a major series of ecosystem partnerships designed to make enterprise datacenters even more efficient, responsive and ...
The Cloud, Day 3: Choosing an Online Productivity Suite
PCWorld
It makes sense, then, that finding a cloud-based tool to substitute for my trusty Microsoft Word is priority one on this "30 Days With the Cloud" journey. A word processor is rarely an island unto itself, though, so choosing one means selecting a ...
"The Robust, Reliable Cloud" Is In Focus At Cloud Expo
OStatic (blog)
09, 2011Comments (0) Is cloud computing mature, robust and cost-effecitve enough for enterprises at large? That question, and other similar ones, are among the hot topics at this week's Cloud Expo conference in Silicon Valley. Some of the executives at ...
Best Practices for Server & Performance Monitoring of Cloud Hosted Applications
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
BizCloud®, a leading cloud technology solutions provider, offers tips on effectively monitoring the servers and performance of cloud hosted applications. BizCloud®, a leading cloud technology solutions provider, offers tips on effectively monitoring ...
Blue Coat unveils Cloud-Connector to enable branch-to-cloud internet access
eChannelLine
By Mark Cox Blue Coat Systems has announced it has added Cloud-Connector to its Blue Coat MACH5 WAN optimization appliances and virtual appliances. It lets Blue Coat WAN optimization solutions deployed in branch or remote offices instantly apply Web ...
Security and skills concerns cloud cloud plans
iTWire
Symantec's latest research shows cloud security is still a major concern, but organisations also doubt they have sufficient experienced staff to handle the move. A survey of 5332 IT managers (350 of them in Australia) reveals that security is still one ...
Cloud service acquisitions gain momentum, and everyone's jumping on board
FierceTelecom
Monday's $167 million purchase of managed services provider MindSHIFT by electronics retailer Best Buy indicated a seismic shift in the perception and popularity of the cloud services concept. Best Buy's move into this arena is not entirely ...
Cloud-computing market set to burst
Jamaica Gleaner
Presenters and hosts of the Mona School of Business (MSB)/Digicel Business CloudServices Conference 2011 gather for a picture. Seen from left are Steve Woodward, Professor Evan Duggan, Reginald Budhan, Professor Hopeton Dunn, conference chair;...
Cloud Infrastructure Firm Morphlabs Launches New Technology to Improve Cloud ...
Web Host Industry Review
By Nicole Henderson, November 09, 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloudinfrastructure provider Morphlabs announced on Wednesday that it has launched its Dynamic Resource Scaling, a technology that will improve cloud bursting potential. ...
Cloud Software Or Cloud Services? Red Hat Or Rackspace?
Seeking Alpha
It's no longer to cloud or not to cloud, it's how to cloud. Rackspace is a hosted cloud. You're giving up your data center, giving up control of corporate assets that are near-and-dear. You're trusting a service provider. Thus many CIOs are buying the ...
McAfee Boosts Cloud Security, Focuses on Data Loss Prevention in The Cloud
ITProPortal
McAfee has launched a range of updated software that focus on cloud based security, refined virtual machine support and data loss prevention in the cloud. McAfee on Monday, stated that version 9.2 of its Data Loss Prevention software provides virtual ...
Cisco Profit Tops Estimates on Cloud Growth, Reorganization
BusinessWeek
The company also is benefiting from demand for so-called cloud services. That's fueling growth in its data-center switching segment, where Cisco has 80 percent market share, said Brian Modoff, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in San ...
PayChoice Moves to a Private Cloud Infrastructure That Delivers Performance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MOORESTOWN, NJ, Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PayChoice has announced that its new private cloud infrastructure is fully operational in a world-class data center. This new environment delivers significant application performance as well as advanced ...
Meraki Releases 2nd Major Upgrade to MX-Series Cloud Managed Multi-Service Router
Sacramento Bee
9, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Meraki, the recognized leader in Cloud Networking, today announced the availability of the second major feature update to its MX series multi-service router product family. Designed specifically for the branch, ...
Scan Documents Directly to the Cloud With Fujitsu ScanSnap and SugarSync
MarketWatch (press release)
"As people increasingly scan all of their important documents -- such as tax, insurance, health and other files -- into digital formats, there is a greater need to easily save those critical files to the cloudfor safe backup and remote access from any ...
MDL Technology, LLC Reviews Best Practices for Mobile Devices in the Cloud
MarketWatch (press release)
KANSAS CITY, MO, Nov 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MDL Technology, LLC announced its best practices for mobile in the cloud today. The company has been providing cloudservices around the Kansas City metro area to support its comprehensive IT ...
RightScale Forms a Business Alliance With Yahoo! Japan and IDC Frontier to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Japan Corporation that provides data center solutions to the Japanese market with its NOAH CloudServices. RightScale has concluded a joint development and joint marketing agreement with Yahoo! Japan and IDCF. Customers will be able to leverage ...
Study: Cloud Deployments to Triple
Cloud IT Pro
The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), an industry standards organization that develops best practices for cloud application development, has released a new report predicting that its members will triple cloud deployment in the next two years. ...
Adobe's transition to cloud could be tricky
CNET
Adobe also outlined a shift to focus on the cloud. The company will focus on its Digital Media unit and the recently announced Creative Cloud. The broader theme here is that Adobe is shifting from upfront licensing to software subscriptions and that ...
GLDS to Showcase Cloud-Based Billing and Subscriber Management and Mobile ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, GLDS will feature WinCable in the Cloud, which lets operators manage billing, subscriber management and provisioning functions virtually via the Internet, without the need for any hardware or infrastructure investment. ...
SAP Advances Enterprise Cloud Strategy | Cloud Computing Journal
SAP AG has announced significant new advances in the core areas of its cloud strategy: business network solutions, applications for lines of business, cloud platform development, online channels and virtualization. Customer adoption and ...
Latest News from Cloud Computing Journal
Introducing CloudBeat, VentureBeat's cloud-focused channel ...
By Sean Ludwig
The CloudBeat category has been sitting atop VentureBeat's homepage for a few months, but today we're officially launching the channel with web app performance manager New Relic as our channel sponsor.
VentureBeat
Build a hybrid cloud using brokerage solutions | Thoughts on Cloud
By Fernando Garcia Velasco
Whether these corporations want to become cloud service providers or create shared cloud services centers for their internal use, the key to providing the advantages of a true cloud hybrid environment is to articulate a cloud platform that fits all ...
Thoughts on Cloud
VPSLAND Attributes Cloud VPS Growth to OnApp Cloud Platform ...
By FindMyHost News
Web Hosting Services - LONDON, UK – VPSLAND.com has deployed more than 1000 Virtual Private Servers (VPS) for customers on its new OnApp Cloud platform, the.
FindMyHost Directory
Amazon Turns on its New Cloud in Oregon » Data Center Knowledge
By Rich Miller
Industry analysts say recent outages at Amazon have prompted users to adjust how they approachcloud architectures. “End users now want to mandate that they have multi-cloud strategies,” said William Fellows, co-founder and Principal ...
Data Center Knowledge
Amazon's Kindle Cloud Reader storms into Firefox on an HTML5 ...
By Amar Toor
Just about three months after launching on Safari and Chrome, Amazon's Kindle Cloud Reader app has finally made its way to Firefox. With this HTM.
Engadget
Researchers demonstrate Amazon cloud vulnerability | Simply ...
By Simply Security
German researchers from the Ruhr-University Bochum have uncovered a security flaw in the Amazon Web Services platform that could enable hackers to hijack user accounts.
Simply Security
An Explanation Of Cloud Hosting And How Important It Is On The Web
By cloudhostingguy
The topic of conversation among individuals аnd businesses iѕ cloud based computing.
Best Cloud Server, Cloud Hosting...
Maintaining a Candidate Community in the Cloud
By Brin McCagg
There are many benefits of cloud-based solutions, but they are especially relevant for maintaining a robust candidate community. Traditionally, companies have maintained multiple, fragmented, proprietary software databases to house ...
Ideas Exchange - Recruiting Tips...
Run Billings in the Cloud With Marketcircle Cloud
By Matthew Guay
One of the best things about web apps is that you can run them from any computer. Many PC users wish they could run popular Mac apps in Windows, while Mac users.
Web.AppStorm
Amazon Adds a Cloud Data Center in Oregon - Arik Hesseldahl ...
By Arik Hesseldahl
Amazon Web Services, the Web retailer's for-hire cloud computing unit, said today that it has opened a new data center in Umatilla, Oregon. The company is the latest on a growing list that includes Google and Facebook to locate a data center ...
AllThingsD
Riverbed at Akamai Government Forum; Steve Riley to Present on ...
By Ed Tan
With initiatives, mandates and reforms in place aimed at bringing efficiencies to government IT, it should be no surprise that over the last few months you've seen a lot of Riverbed at government IT conferences and events. After all, our...
The Riverbed Blog
Do Lawyers Have Their Head in the Clouds by Requiring Cloud ...
By Carolyn Elefant
One concern frequently raised by lawyers about cloud-based storage relates to the physical location of the servers. As law innovation commenter Donna Seyle suggested here, location servers in different parts of the world may render data ...
Small Firm Innovation
Dome9: Two Predictions for Cloud Security in 2012 : VMblog.com ...
By David Marshall
2011 saw tremendous growth in the cloud. For providers and customers alike, cloud is the new frontier of IT, and although we may struggle to efficiently manage and secure it, there's no doubt that it's revolutionizing the architecture of today's ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...
 

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